John S. Carlile

John Snyder Carlile (16 December 1817-24 October 1878) was a member of the US House of Representatives (A-VA 11) from 4 March 1855 to 3 March 1857 (succeeding Charles S. Lewis and preceding Albert G. Jenkins) and from 6 March to 9 July 1861 (succeeding Jenkins and preceding Jacob B. Blair), and a US Senator (U) from 9 July 1861 to 4 March 1865 (succeeding Robert M.T. Hunter and preceding John W. Johnston).

Biography
John Snyder Carlile was born in Winchester, Virginia in 1817, and he became a lawyer in 1840. He attended the state constitutional convention in 1850, and he served in the State Senate from 1847 to 1851. He joined the Know Nothings in 1854 and served in the US House of Representatives from 1855 to 1857; he went on to become a leader of the anti-secession movement. In 1861, he was elected to the House once again, only to be appointed to the US Senate to succeed Robert M.T. Hunter. While he was opposed to the Confederacy, he was himself a slaveowner, and resisted any efforts to abolish slavery during the American Civil War. He left office in 1865, and he died in 1878.